Starting with orange oak the only way to get gray and not mud is to paint them.
Gray gel stain on oak cabinets.
The color soaked in well so i only needed 2 coats.
I also had old oak cabinets with a veneer side.
Stain the cabinet fronts by applying gel stain on a sponge brush with light and even strokes to avoid getting stain on the insides.
I know that 90 of you are cursing your 1990s oak cabinets while the remaining 10 love them and wouldn t let a lick of paint go near them.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
I have oak cabinets in our home and i love them but not all oak or wood cabinets were.
My first 1 2 pint of gel stain was 14 48 with shipping.
To get what you want you have to start with a.
The easy to use gel stain completely transforms oak cabinets.
Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored.
The quart that i bought to finish the project was 27 50 with shipping.
I used general finishes java gel stain n also used antique walnut.
I love oak cabinets.
Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.
Check out these amazing before and after pictures for how to refinish cabinets darker.
The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid.
Normally drying time ranges from 6 to 12 hours.
Looking for a thrifty way to update kitchen cabinets.
The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
May 28 2016 restyle junkie of phoenix az gives us a great visual of gf s gray gel stain.
Stain the front of the cabinet doors with light and even strokes to avoid clumping.
General finishes gray gel stain.
Wipe off the gel stain going with the grain using a clean dry cotton cloth or high quality paper towels.
Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.
Drying time varies based on the size and nature of your project as well as the environment it s located in.
With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining.
While gel stain does go on thick and sit on the surface of the wood i found that you can still see and feel the natural wood grain beneath unlike paint.
The quart of poly cost 28 50 with shipping the rough cost to refinish the cabinets with gel stain was.
Let the first coat dry and apply one or two more coats as needed.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
Hands down general finishes gel stain is the best brand for diy projects.
I followed youtuber pete b n his exact directions n used same brush to paint on the gel stain n let me tell you it came out perfect n i never did this before.
Between coats give your project a chance to dry.
This is only one coat over a honey oak graham cracker cabinet.